you’re better than that.
in Loved Ones, MP3, Performance, video
as aloneness, beautiful friend, blink, call, conversation, darling, decisions, dirt, familiarity, fluff, friend, hearts, kind, moon, poem, right, someone, something, song, standing, stop, story, today, Untouchable, vulnerability
I wrote this song today.
I was thinking about some decisions I’ve made lately; mostly about who I want to get close to.
And then I thought about a friend I have. A dear and beautiful friend with whom I recently shared a conversation. “You know you’re better than that, right?” I said, after listening to this friend tell me some sad things that some sad people have been saying and doing to my friend. “And you know it’s better to be alone, standing on your own two able feet, than to be side-by-side with people who hurt us more than they don’t?”
But it’s not easy to choose a new kind of aloneness instead of the familiarity of someone–anyone. I realize this. But sometimes it’s when we’re alone that we can make the necessary room for something truly great to fill our lives and our hearts–even if it’s just knowing that we, each of us, are enough.
Darling, you’re better than that; sing, you’re better than him
Sing this song with me now, then take a bow.
Baby, you’re pretty enough, and you know, words, they’re just fluff–
Don’t let him blind you with a poem, when you’re a story you don’t owe him.
So be wild.
So be free.
So be like the moon, so high above it all.
Untouchable by those who cannot see
That you are listening to some kind of higher call.
Darling, you are stronger than you think.
Your heart is broken, raw, and pink.
Your vulnerability makes this busy world stop and blink.
And your tears, they keep watering the earth.
They are pieces of your worth.
Don’t let them wash the feet of those who taste like dirt.
shapes of grace
in I Lift My Eyes Up, Performance, video
as anthem, blink, body, burning, burning flame, sense, shapes, sun, sway, way
Don’t you dare give up, my dear
you can’t see through all the tears, but I’ll tell you what’s here
a bright burning flame, a strong sense that you’re so alive
and yes, the sun will rise; you’ll do more than survive
So don’t you judge this life by just one hand
for such cruelty can’t last and his anthem won’t stand
you sing your songs, you go on and hope anyway
and remember you’re more, so much more than they say
And there’s no need to fly away
you close your eyes and you let your body sway
and the world won’t blink, for fear it will miss
the way your body makes such shapes of grace
the way your body makes such shapes of grace…
p.s. I would really prefer that I never ever look the way the video chose to freeze me. Just saying.
